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State Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democrat from Missouri City, rep-resenting Texas Dist. 27 was arrest-ed for barratry, popularly known as ambulance chasing when attorneys approach people, asking to repre-sent them.

Representative Reynolds is a managing partner at Brown, Brown,

and Reynolds, which is based in Bellaire. He specializes in several types of law, including personal in-jury, Social Security disability and family law. The representative is also a former municipal judge.

The case involves two others, in-cluding a chiropractor. An attorney, who was involved in a car accident

was allegedly approached by an al-leged accomplice of Reynolds and an associate of the chiropractor.

On April 25, Reynolds released the following statement:

“In the early evening of Tues-day, April 24, 2012, I was arrested for the alleged violation of a law known as barratry, or the unlawful solicitation of clients by lawyers. While the facts of the case have yet to be disclosed to me, it is my intent to fully cooperate with the prosecu-tors who are pursuing the charges.

“I maintain my innocence and plan to vigorously defend myself against all allegations. Although it appears that the charges fi led against me are politicized, I do not take the matter lightly. In fact, since becoming an elected offi cial, I have voted for new laws holding lawyers guilty of barratry more accountable to their victims.

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VOL 5 No. 18

Offi cial newspaper of Fort Bend County, Missouri City & Sugar Land

EAGLE SCOUT. Brian Alexander Van Kleeck has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Brian was recognized in a special Eagle Court of Honor ceremony held Sunday, April 15, 2012 at The First Colony Conference Center by Troop 731. Pictured are David Van Kleeck, left, Brig. Gen. [ret.] USA, Brian’s father and himself an Eagle, Justin Van Kleeck, Capt.,USN [ret.], Brian’s grandfather, Brian Van Kleeck, and Mike Van Kleeck, Capt., USA, Brian’s brother and also an Eagle. (Photograph by Carey Snyder) See story on Page 8.

The Sugar Land Garden Club 13th Anual Spring Garden Tour for 2012 presents Behind the garden gate in Sugar Creek — Nine lovely gardens, a labor of love, on Saturday, May 12. (Rain or Shine), 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2327 Country Club Blvd.; 39 Charleston North; 711 Longview Dr.; 3114 Groveshire Ct.; 802 Merrick Dr.; 906 Teague Circle; 2815 Fairway Dr.; 2807 Fairway Dr.; 6 Bendwood Dr. Tickets with a map are $12 for nine gardens and available at each yard the day of the tour. Children 12 and under are free. For advance tickets call Cheryl Swanson at 281-242-1773. Visit www.sugarlandgardenclub.org . Pictured are Sugar Land Garden Club Committee members Helen January, left, Cheryl Swanson, Donna Romaine, Rose Ann Acosta, Ann Kiecke, Emilie Wilson and Beth Phelps. Not present Lynette McQueen, Carrie Sample and Diane Schomburg.

Early voting for the Munic-ipal and School Elections to be held on Saturday, May 12 will end on Tuesday May 8.

The following week, on May 14, early voting for the May 29 Primary Election will begin.

Seventeen Early Vot-ing sites will be available to Primary voters in Fort Bend County including three which have not been used in the past: Randall’s at Pecan Grove, Four Corners Commu-nity Center located at 15700 Old Richmond Road in Sugar Land, and Harmony Science Academy located at 22400

Grand Corner Dr, Katy. Other Early Voting sites

are scattered throughout the county and are near the major commuter routes used by Fort Bend County Residents. The Early Voting period for the Primary ends on May 25.

Eligible voters of Fort Bend County may vote at any of the 17 early voting sites and, un-like absentee voting by mail, no reason need be given for voting early.

When voting Early, vot-ers will be asked to select be-tween the primary ballots of the two major parties which will be nominating candidates

for the November General Election.

Identifi cation is required in order to vote. Voters should be prepared to show their voter registration certifi cate or Texas Driver’s license, or other form of ID before vot-ing. Photo ID is not required in Texas.

A complete list of the coun-ty’s Early Voting sites may be found at the County’s election website, www.fortbendvotes.org. Other important election information, including Elec-tion Day polling places and sample ballots, is also avail-able on line.

Baseball has arrived in Sugar Land

One early voting begins, another follows

Sugar Land Mayor Jimmy Thompson throws the ceremonial fi rst pitch at Constellation Field, home of the Sugar Land Skeeters at opening day on April 26. Photo by SESHADRI KUMAR from the Press Box.

Behind the garden gate in Sugar Creek

Straw Poll cancelled

The Saddle Up Texas Fort Bend Straw Poll and Candidate Expo scheduled for May 5 in Sugar Land has been cancelled.

“We regret to tell you that we are cancelling the Saddle Up Texas Fort Bend Straw Poll and Can-didate Expo. Due to the cancellation of our venue at the Sugar Land Farm-ers Market and attempts to relocate to a suitable loca-tion, we are concerned that the attendance may not be suffi cient,” Judy Schmid, Nancy Dunham and Bill Moore, representing the Sugar Land Tea Party said.

Money paid by candi-dates for booths will be re-funded.

A section of the stadium on the opening day as spectators watch the opening game between the Sugar Land Skeeters and the York Revolution.

A new destination, Constellation Field, burst into life as America’s popular pastime, baseball took center stage with Sugar Land’s $37 million minor league stadium behind Imperial Sugar and Nalco plants, across from the Sugar Land Regional Airport. The 7500-seat stadium, including 21 luxury suites was fi lled to capacity. After Sugar Land recording artist Savannah Berry sang “God Bless America,” the Bald Eagle “Challenger” fl ew through the stadium. As the Grammy award winner Yolanda Adams sang the National Anthem, the 147th Reconnaissance wing of the Texas National Air Guard posted the colors. And Sugar Land Mayor Jimmy Thompson threw the cer-emonial fi rst pitch and thus began inaugural season. At the end of the fourth day, The Sugar Land Skeeters (3-1) clinched their fi rst series with a victory over the two-time defending Atlantic League champion York Revolution (1-3) Sunday night at Constellation Field. The Skeeters sit on top of the Freedom division for the fi rst time in franchise history. The fi eld also set a new Atlantic League record for a weekend total attendance of 29,413. (More on Page 4)

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The movie highlighted projects such as the new Com-

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If one doesn’t think it could get much worse when discussing our U.S. Congressional Conservative representation in District 22…well, yes, it does.

Carlson, who a WWII vet has coined as “the education kid,” begins her educational lesson this week on who we currently have as our “Conservative” representative—a district that carries a solid Conservative following and expects such.

As many of us once voted for our current representative, thinking that he would adhere to our Constitution, be a strong leader and carry a rock-solid Conservative vote in Washington, quite the contrary has occurred, as the Heritage Action Survey revealed. Heritage Action’s survey is reputable and highly-recognized as to who of the Republicans in Washington are staying true to their Conservative core values and who have abandoned such values.

Yes, you guessed it. Olson failed horribly—scoring a FAILING grade—with a 66% score. “This is an inexcusable score,” Carlson says, “and a great disservice to our entire district. We deserve better than that. He’s got to go.”

As many constituents across the district perhaps do not have the time to research how a member of Congress is performing, perhaps have become complacent or simply look at the same picture of the aircraft that graces the establishment incumbent’s website, Carlson thrives on research and willing to educate the district as to what our representation really is.

Carlson, the leader, one who has always led in her businesses, embraces honesty, integrity and always shoots straight. “We all have been lied to for far too long. The voters are angry and deeply fed up with the job this Congress has done—the worst in our history. I will stand by my word, as my mother led the State of MN, and as our greatest president ever led, President Ronald Reagan,” Carlson says. “I will dig and continue to dig until we get to the bottom of this mess that is being infl icted on our great nation,” Carlson continues. Carlson is crisscrossing the district, listening to the voters.

It is time that District 22 experiences true leadership. Now we have the choice to send a courageous, experienced business leader, a nationally-recognized published author and researcher to Washington who can dissect this fi scally-irresponsible train wreck that our current congressman has been an integral part of. It is time that we do what’s right for our nation and that we fi ght for our very survival.

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By BARBARA FULENWIDERAt a recent city council

meeting, Missouri City coun-cilmen voted to adopt updated basic fees for the tennis and recreation center that are low-er than those charged at com-parable facilities and current members will get six months of free membership.

The industry standard for recreation facilities is to re-cover 35 percent, so that fi g-ure was used in setting the new annual and monthly membership fees, daily guest passes and each 90 minutes of tennis court usage.

The new tennis and recre-ation center includes a fi tness and cardio room, gymnasium, multipurpose rooms for pro-grams and rentals, kid zone and tennis courts.

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Monthly membership fees for residents will cost those 18 years old and below, $10; adults, $25; seniors, $15; fam-ily, $40. Non-residents will pay $15, $35, $18 and $45 re-spectively.

Daily guest pass fees are $5 a day, and general public court time of 90 minutes will cost $7 each. League and tourna-ment court time of 90 minutes costs $7 each.

Background information to city councilmen says the staff will continue to review a fee structure for additional cat-egories and user groups and present such to council some-time in the future.

By SESHADRI KUMARThe Sugar Land City Coun-

cil At-Large Position 1 and three Fort Bend ISD Trustee positions on the May 12 bal-lot are among the keenly con-tested races for local bodies this year.

Himesh Gandhi, attorney, William Cole Cathey, ad-ministrator with the Houston Community College System and Naomi Lam, real estate broker, are seeking the Sugar Land City Council At-Large 1 position, being vacated by Thomas Abraham.

Fort Bend Voters League, a newly formed organization, hosted a candidates forum for the Sugar Land City Council and FBISD races on April 24 at the county library on the University of Houston Sugar Land campus.

Former FBISD trustee Sue Hauenstein spoke about the league’s mission.

Gandhi has a solid legal background and extensive business experience in Sugar Land and Fort Bend County. He currently serves on the Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Commission. Addi-tionally, he has served on the Sugar Land 4B Corporation, the Building and Standards Commission and the Redis-tricting Committee. Gandhi is a graduate of Sugar Land 101 and both the Citizen’s Po-lice and Fire Academies.

He has held active leader-ship roles in the Arc of Fort Bend, the Indo-American Forum of Fort Bend, the Sugar Land Cultural Arts Foundation, the Sugar Land Exchange Club, Child Ad-vocates of Fort Bend and the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, serving as Legal Counsel from 2009-2011.

Gandhi outlines his focus as strategically moving Sugar Land forward through fi nan-cial accountability, quality development, public safety with an emphasis on the fun-damentals of city services. He states, “Our City has forged a clear path toward main-taining state and national prominence. I look forward to bringing a renewed energy to City Council and keeping Sugar Land a premier desti-nation for families and busi-nesses alike.”

Cathey is currently on the Sugar Land Building Stan-dards Commission. He is a graduate of the 2011 Sugar Land 101 program and lives in the Misty Lakes subdivi-sion. His family has been in Sugar Land for over 16 years. They attend Sugar Land Unit-ed Methodist Church.

In 2005, Bill retired as a College President but has since returned to work as a College Administrator for Houston Community Col-lege. He is the Chairman of the Education Committee for the Galleria Chamber of Commerce; which provides scholarships for college bound students. He is also an active member of the Houston Yacht Club and the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show. In his position as an Educa-tor, he represents HCC at the Fort Bend Economic Devel-opment Council and the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce.

Cathey is the son of an FBI agent and grew up living in various parts of the country. He was born in Japan; howev-er, he has strong Texas roots. His father was born in Hous-ton and his grandfather was a Texas Ranger.

He is an avid sailor and is in the process of restoring a 35 foot Cheoy Lee sloop.

Naomi Lam and her fam-ily have lived in the City of Sugar Land for 27 years. Lam holds a Bachelor Degree

in Business Administration and Masters Degree in Ac-counting. After working for the Ohio State School Retire-ment system for two years, the Borden Corporation as an accountant for six years, and two oil companies as a tax ac-countant for seven years, Lam retired to become the offi ce manager for her husband’s Chiropractic offi ce. She was also very active as a real es-tate broker, as well as raising two children.

Lam served as a Fort Bend ISD Board Member from 2001-2004. She is a member of the Sugar Land Optimist Club and a member of the Sugar Land Exchange Club. She attends the Fort Bend Community Church.

Lam would like to use her experience and ability to rep-resent the citizens of Sugar Land to insure the quality of life they deserve.

Gary Gillen, former Fort Bend GOP chairman and cur-rent Richmond city council member, asked the questions in the Sugar Land council race. Cathey was not present.

Asked what regulations are needed to control multifam-ily units in Sugar Land, Lam said she opposed multifam-ily units. “We are a suburban city. We don’t need multifam-ily units. Quality of life will come down and property val-ues will go down,” she said.

Gandhi said he opposed garden style apartments. The city’s current development codes, comprehensive plan and other regulations are ad-equate to ensure that high quality, luxury apartments are built in desirable numbers.

If there are no apartments how can people who work in Sugar Land live in Sugar Land?

Lam’s answer was apart-ments are just fi ve minutes away outside Sugar Land, go and live there. The city’s land is scarce and valuable and building apartments is not progress, she said.

Gandhi said Sugar Land needs a variety of hous-ing opportunities for young couple, new college gradu-ates and others transitioning from apartment to single fam-ily home. The apartments are heavily regulated for quality and apartments comprise less than 10 percent of total hous-ing in Sugar Land. The type of high-end apartments in Sugar Land does not affect quality of life and we must have the option, Gandhi said.

On property tax and sales tax, Gandhi said the city can’t rely too much on sales tax and there should be a balance.

Lam said the city is taking more in tax revenue because of increased valuation, but has not reduced the tax rate. The city has a surplus but ignored repairing sidewalks more than six months to a year, she said.

The two candidates were asked to cite some examples where “diversity” had been an asset in the city.

Lam pointed to herself and Gandhi, both Asian Ameri-cans, as an example of diver-sity. Lam said when she was elected to the Fort Bend ISD board, people looked at her qualifi cations and not skin color.

Gandhi said diversity was all around and there was no racial divide in Sugar Land.

“At the end of the day we are all Americans. It is an American pride and we all need to have it.”

FBISD racesPatt Snyder, Grayle James,

and Dentta Williams, are run-ning for the open Position 2.

Snyder said students are

not adequately prepared for college and the board needs to lead, be accountable and responsible. Teachers are not involved in decision-making, she said.

James cited her long time involvement in edcuation as a parent and volunteer. Teach-ers are not getting proper sup-port and the district has no plans in place, James said.

Williams said the adminis-tration treated students badly. Teachers are afraid to speak and Superintendent Tim Jen-ney must go, she said.

In the Position 6 race in-cumbent Marilyn Glover fac-es Jenny Bailey.

Bailey described the exist-ing board as a rubber stamp board which never asks ques-tions. She had issues with the administration using bond money for buying iPads, piece-meal zoning and the su-perintendent’s contract.

Glover said “We set the di-rection for the superintendent and tell him what to do and when. When he delivers, he is paid accordingly. Having the contract extended does mean more salary for the superin-tendent. The board should not be involved in day to day management,” Glover said.

In the position 7 race, in-cumbent Cynthia Lenton-Gary faces David Rosenthal and Rodrigo Carreon.

Gary also clarifi ed that the superintendent did not re-ceive a $36,000 pay raise, but got a year’s extension of the contract.

“I am here to talk about children, not the managers or the governing body,” she said.

Rosenthal said the admin-istration is top heavy. The board need not be a team of eight including the superin-tendent and seven trustees, it should be a team of 300,000 people in the district, he said.

Carreon wants parents in-volved and people participat-ing in the election process. In the end, Carreon said he is not for sale.

On teacher morale, Glover said teachers need to feel free to talk and there should be no intimidation. There is a need for mentors for teachers. Also, the trustees should get out and foster good relation-ship with people, she said.

Bailey said teachers are afraid to talk because they could be fi red. “We can en-courage teachers to talk. They are afraid of losing their jobs. They don’t have a voice,” she said.

Rosenthal said teachers are very scared. The administra-tion should stop micromanag-ing the teachers, but involve them in decision making,

Lenton-Gary said she would always talk to the teach-ers and get their thoughts. She had many private con-versations with teachers and worked out issues.

James said teacher morale is very low. “It is a planning issue. If you don’t plan well, you can’t implement then plan,” she said of the admin-istration.

Snyder said teachers are frustrated for a number of reasons and she believed con-versations between teachers and administrators should be recorded.

Snyder said the board needs a conservative and the school district’s debt is unac-ceptable.

James said she is passion-ate about children and would like to extend her help to the schools.

Glover said she was ready to do whatever it takes to see that the children are well edu-cated and the district retained the best teachers.

Williams said “I am un-

City, FBISD candidates speak at the forum hosted by voters league

City revises tennis center fee

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afraid. Not afraid of bullying. Superintendent Jenney is run-ning amuck. He must go.”

Lenton-Gary said she will be a committed steward of “your money and your chidl-ren.”

Bailey asked the voters if they wanted a status quo or a new direction.

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Musings: Politics of No and Can’t

The View from Sugar Land


Guest Column

By JANICE SCANLANBeing successful requires

wanting to live in a country of can and do. One where we set big goals such as we did in going to the moon. That goal and how it brought the coun-try together still excites many of us. Just look that years lat-er people still thronged to see the Space Shuttle “retired.” There was sadness of an end to a dream, but the pride was still there.

We want to feel the ex-citement of doing important things, of working together, and yes, of even making shared sacrifi ces to see it hap-pen. We want to feel the pride of achievement.

I respect conservative, centrist, and liberal political stances because it takes many viewpoints and a combina-tion of approaches to make things work. In my column last week I opined how South-west Airlines is successful because of its concentration on four areas: revenue, costs, innovation, and teamwork to make it all happen.

Unfortunately too much of our current debate is “no and can’t,” which in my opinion results in obstructionist tac-tics that produce continued gridlock and morass. Europe took a “no and can’t” ap-proach to the fi nancial crisis by using austerity tactics that appear to be creating ris-ing unemployment. Not that some reality wasn’t needed, but a balance was also need-ed that addressed tough prob-

lems, but didn’t make things worse. It’s easy to talk about, but hard to do. The name-call-ing and knee-jerk reactions to every measure taken by the “other side” certainly doesn’t help.

Folks, we’re in a “your half of the boat is sinking” ship. This is not a good thing.

So what can you as a vot-er do? After you hear some viewpoints that push your but-tons the right way, get beyond the surface and fi nd out from knowledgeable people wheth-er an individual candidate can do something besides say “no and can’t.” Can she or he rep-resent a viewpoint, but do so in a manner that respects other viewpoints? What kind of pri-orities did he or she select? Did those priorities make things better as well as fi nd ways to adequately address problems? If a fi rst-time public offi ce aspirant, what community or civic endeavors has this indi-vidual championed that were tough to do? Did the issue(s)

take concentration and listen-ing to different sides to fi nd solutions to issues? What were the results?

Can this individual make a mistake, admit it and course correct? In working in the re-cruiting industry for over 20 years . . . actual behavior was a bone-fi de, fair way of evaluat-ing a candidate. Past behavior was the best predictor of future behavior and job effectiveness. So in hiring an administrator, employee morale and ability to get things done are two equally important criteria for selecting a candidate.

As long as behaviors are re-ported fairly and objectively, I see no problem with behavior reported in the media. What I don’t like is demonizing indi-viduals, assigning motives to behavior or twisting facts to come up with some often ir-relevant point. Don’t look for ideological purity, but for dem-onstrated experience and be-havior relevant to the job with a track record of getting things done that serve more than spe-cial interests groups.

If you know nothing about the candidates in a race, don’t vote in that race. Better yet, get a sample ballot and get in-formed. We get what we put into something. Take the time to be a good citizen.

Write to [email protected] how you get informed.

By RUSSELL JONESFinally, after years of wait-

ing, Sugar Land’s profession-al baseball club played the fi rst game of its fi rst season in the nation’s premier minor league stadium.

Whether it was the buzz of the new Constellation Field or the grand opening ceremo-nies that excited the sell-out crowd of 7,500 more, Open-ing Day lived up to and ex-ceeded its advanced hype.

Starting well before game time, the preliminary ex-travaganza featured patriotic songs, hundreds of kids on the fi eld waving banners, a huge American fl ag spread in the outfi eld, and player intro-ductions amid fl ashing towers of fi re.

Mayor Jimmy Thompson, fl anked by current and former members of the City Council, handed over a giant, framed key to the stadium to Skeeters president Matt O’Brien.

He later threw a letter-high fast ball down the middle of the plate in the ceremonial fi rst pitch to offi cially start the game. Fireworks lit the sky both before and after the game.

The crowning moment of the opening ceremonies came when a bald eagle, named Challenger in memory of the space shuttle and its crew, soared from center fi eld, cir-cled the infi eld, and alighted on its trainer’s arm on the pitcher’s mound.

Constellation Field it-self dazzled the crowd. The 8-story tall Texas-shaped scoreboard is the centerpiece, boasting the largest HD screen in the minors. With no bad seats in the house, fans

will undoubtedly come back for more.

Beyond the fence is an amusement park for kids and their parents. The merry-go-round, the swimming pool and the splash park, all en-tertain the younger fans who probably did not notice they had missed the last few in-nings.

How about a private party in the picnic area? Better yet is the view from the grassy slope in right fi eld, perfect for spreading a blanket or bring-ing a lawn chair to watch the game, or for getting a close-up view of the bullpen.

With the powerful opening ceremonies, the game itself was almost an afterthought. Facing the Atlantic League repeat champion York Revo-lution, the Skeeters played re-spectable baseball, dropping the opener 3-2 in a game fea-turing 4 home runs. But the series was not over, and the good guys took the next three games 10-1, 3-1, and 5-0.

By Sunday night the pain of the loss on Opening Day was almost gone, as the home

town team stood alone at the lead of the Freedom Division of the League.

After three sell-outs and over 7,111 fans Sunday af-ternoon, the team set an all-time league record for atten-dance at a four-game series of 29,413.

A professional baseball city since 1888, Houston has a long history with the nation-al pastime.

Much of that history high-lighted the future of the game, as the Houston Buffs showed off players whose names would subsequently become synonymous with the game. Dizzy and Paul Dean, Solly Hemus, Joe Medwick, Frank Mancuso, and Howie Pol-let played in Houston before their big league careers.

Fifty-one years after the Buffs yielded to the majors and the Colt 45s became Houston’s team, the Bayou City had become the largest major league city in the na-tion without a minor league team to boast excitement for the game.

Sugar Land has stepped up to the plate and returned the family-friendly minors to southeast Texas.

Congratulations to team owner Peter Kirk, president Matt O’Brien, fi eld manager Gary Gaetti, special projects honcho Deacon Jones and sales vice-president Chris Hill for a great opening week-end of baseball!

Jones served as a mem-ber of the Sugar Land City Council from 2003 through June, 2011. He owns a law fi rm and a title insurance company in Sugar Land.

Jones

Opening day at Constellation FieldBy AUDREY JORDAN WILLIAMS

In the last two years, I have heard this phrase “fi scally re-sponsible” being used more than I care to say. I have even found myself using it espe-cially when I felt money was going to be spent on things that were un-necessary. I have been to many FBISD Board meetings and heard many speakers. Each stated his or her position on what projects the district had approved that they deemed either “fi scally responsible” or which demon-strated fi scal irresponsibility by the district.

The most recent division has emerged on the approval of the iAchieve project in which 2 elementary schools and one middle school have been selected to pilot this program. This program will utilize iPads in the classroom with the hope of improving science scores within the dis-trict. If the pilot proves suc-cessful, every 2nd grader-8th grader in the entire district will have access to iPads. Ev-ery child in these grades in the district will benefi t.

There have been two dem-onstrations at the administra-tion building that were very impressive. Many see it as a win-win program for the entire district. But there are others who feel the district is being fi scally irresponsible because it includes the use of bond contingency funds that could be used to pay down bond debt which in turn would free up money for building re-pairs, teacher salaries, etc.

This project will be joint-ly funded by Title 1 monies (monies already designated to the pilot schools), and grants which have been specifi cally given for this program. The district, in turn, must invest funds in this program as well. The board approved this proj-ect. Interestingly enough, two board members who voted against the iAchieve program never made mention of the iPads that have already been incorporated into the science and math academy at Dulles High School. In fact, there are reports that the use of the iPads at Dulles has been so successful that their campus is adding materials to enhance the program. This informa-tion would have been very valuable if it had been pub-licized when presenting the iAchieve program!

If this report is accurate, why do we have 6 candidates aspiring to be on the board soundly against the program while 2 candidates are strong-ly in support of the program? Could it be they were unaware of the iPads’ success at Dull-es?

The district, at last check, had $117 million in contin-gency funds and will use a portion of these monies, about $18 million, to support the iAchieve pilot program. Ac-cording to one current board member, the district is re-

quired legally to maintain a certain amount of money in the bond fund. According to one of the current candidates, some of the remaining funds have already been earmarked for other projects.

If you reviewed the re-cently published ratings of schools in the Houston metro-politan area and how they rate in Texas, you will see a dras-tic decline in FBISD schools from past ratings. Even the stellar Clements High School is now ranked 13th in the area and 36th in the State. Other schools in Fort Bend are much further down the list and some did not even make the top 130 list and are near the bottom of a list of 150 schools. These are the facts.

While there are some chil-dren in Fort Bend County that reside in economically stable homes, much of the county has become the home for chil-dren who are living in at-risk situations. While some have two parents, too many others are being reared by a single parent with one household in-come, aging grandparents, or under the legal guardianship of older siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, or other relatives. Some are even under the care of foster parents. This classi-fi cation, without any other la-bel, puts these children in the at-risk category. Some critics of the iAchieve program seem to believe that the poor ratings in some Fort Bend schools would improve with stronger parental involvement. But when kids don’t have paren-tal involvement because there are no parents present to be involved, what should a dis-trict do? The bigger question is what is the school district’s responsibility in helping these children?

While I did not support the extension of the superinten-dent’s contract, I do believe he is doing the right thing in this case. I believe in being fi scally responsible, but for 25 years I have watched how 5 Superintendents have directed this district, some fairly and some unfairly. I have seen how good teachers were co-erced into transferring from one school to another. I have seen how schools’ better stu-dents were enticed to enroll in academy schools, draining all schools in the district of their top students. I have seen zon-ing lines run down the middle of streets where kids who live on the even side of the block go to one school while kids on the odd side of the block go to another school. I have seen schools less than 10 years old get academies while schools much older got no programs to draw stu-dents to their schools. I have heard the school district’s loud echo that they support community schools, but some communities had to fi ght to get neighborhood schools. I have seen some schools have really good principals while

in others the administration allowed poor leadership to linger long enough to destroy teacher morale and almost destroy schools. I have seen 6th graders shuffl ed back to elementary schools only to be put in temporary buildings with no computers, no smart boards, and no overhead pro-jectors. Although this pilot was reported successful, the district can’t afford to transi-tion all 6th graders back to elementary school, so these displaced students will likely be shuffl ed once again, and be put back into the schools in which they were taken from. And I have seen superinten-dents turn deaf ears to teach-ers who were speaking as ad-vocates for children.

The schools that have been selected for the iAchieve pi-lot program are all on the east side of the district and are schools that are already going to get Title 1 funds to support the project. While some are speaking out loudly against the iAchieve program, I wonder has any one of them researched what the other funds that have already been earmarked for other projects will be used for! I can’t help but wonder if there would be such a loud objection to the iAchieve program if those ob-jecting learned that millions of dollars are also being ear-marked for programs which will be implemented in the schools their children attend.

I never heard a buzz when funds were used to build the beautiful natatorium which would only service a few west side students.

At latest report, this build-ing is minimally being uti-lized, if at all! Now that’s an example of fi scal irresponsi-bility! What about the money wasted setting up the gam-ing academy at Willowridge, only to be closed after 6 short weeks? That’s another good example of fi scal irresponsi-bility!

This district is in a crisis and most are oblivious of it. How long do you believe two or three schools in the district are going to carry the rating for the entire district? Al-ready the top schools are go-ing down and will continue if something is not done to bring the poorly rated schools up. Do we sacrifi ce the masses to satisfy a few?

Do we lower the interest on the bond debt while our schools’ ratings continue to plummet?

Lowering bond debt will not improve student perfor-mance! Or do we take a risk that just might be profi table for all kids in grades 2-8?

Being fi scally responsible is extremely important, but which is better?

I am not pleased with all of the decisions the current board members have made, but on this issue, I think those who voted for the iAchieve program got it right!

Fiscal responsibility in FBISD

To the Editor:I was saddened to discover

that your newspaper’s piece on the Imperial Apartments appears to have been infl uenced by the same cronyism that has infected Sugar Land’s government. In fact, the least inaccurate part of the article was your referring to me as a woman, which I have on good authority is not the case.

The fact is that Mayor Jimmy Thompson and the City Coun-cil, who claim to be conserva-tive public servants, ignored a petition signed by over 2,000 residents and the unanimous op-position of every homeowners association in the area, when they voted to approve the 625 apartments in and near our his-

toric district. We are now going to give the

citizens of Sugar Land the op-portunity to vote on this issue which, of course, has the politi-cians, developers, bureaucrats and everyone who feeds off the public troth scared to the death. Nothing like a little daylight to disinfect our politics, I always say!

Democracy is a real inconve-nience to these politicians and developers. Of course, it doesn’t stop them from complaining about how liberals dole out the money to their constituencies--against the will of the people no less! I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I am fortu-nate to have lots of smart, suc-

cessful neighbors, and they don’t want the apartments in our his-toric district.

This hypocrisy on both sides undermines our great democ-racy.

The issue is now much, much bigger than apartments. The peo-ple of Sugar Land want true rep-resentative government and not government of developers, by developers, and for developers.

The great irony of your piece, is that the term “NIMBY” was coined by George Carlin, who didn’t think a whole lot about politicians who know best what’s good for us, even if the people they serve don’t agree.Yocel AlonsoSugar Land

Letter: Political cronyism

MAY 2, 2012 • INDEPENDENT •

Legal Notices

THE STATE OF TEXASCITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PAMELA R. MAYO, DECEASED15507 SUMMER BRIAR CTMISSOURI CITY TX 77489

NOTICE:You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not fi le a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation, same being June 04, 2012 a default judgment may be taken against you. Said answer may be fi led by mailing same to: District Clerk’s Offi ce, 301 Jackson, Richmond, Texas 77469, or by bringing it to the offi ce. Our street address is 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond TX 77469. We are located on the fi rst fl oor of the Justice Center building.The case is presently pending before the 240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County sitting in Richmond, Texas, and was fi led on SEPTEMBER 06, 2011. It bears cause number 11-DCV-192845 and is styled:Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. as Servicing Agent For Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and Pamela R. Mayo, and Robert K. Mayo and the Unknown Heirs of Pamela R. Mayo, Deceased Re:15507 Summer Briar Street Missouri City, Texas 77489The name and address of the attorney for PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is:CLINT WADE CHASESHAPIRO SCHWARTZ LLP5450 NORTHWEST CENTRAL DRIVESUITE 307HOUSTON TX 77092713-933-1535The nature of the demands of said PLAINTIFF OR PETITIONER is as follows to-wit:YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT SUIT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BY OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC. AS SERVICING AGENT FOR WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE ITS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND ASSIGNS, AS PLAINTIFF AGAINST PAMELA R. MAYO, AND ROBERT K. MAYO AND THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PAMELA R. MAYO, DECEASED AS DEFENDANTS, AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST OR POSSESSION AND TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15507 SUMMER BRIAR STREET, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77489 AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS: LOT FIFTY-SEVEN (57), BLOCK FOUR (4), OF BRIARGATE SECTION NINE (9), AN ADDITION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 22, PAGE 34, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. THE PETITION SEEKS TO FORECLOSE THE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND ASSERT SUPERIOR TITLE TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY.If this Citation is not served, it shall be returned unserved. Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, at Richmond, Texas on this the 18th day of April, 2012.

DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTTBy Deputy District Clerk DEBRA ElZONDO

Telephone: (281) 344-3959

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

HARMAN STREET BRIDGE REHABILITATION

The City of Sugar Land seeks bids for furnishing all labor, material, and equipment, and performing all work required for the following project in the City:

CIP PROJECT NAME: Harman Street Bridge Rehabilitation CIP PROJECT NUMBER: ST1301LOCATION OF WORK: Harman Street at Oyster Creek in Sugar Land, Texas

Plans, specifi cations, and bidding documents may be obtained at the following location with payment of $50.00 (non-refundable) per hard copy set or electronic set on CD:

Huitt-Zollars, Inc.1500 South Dairy Ashford, Suite 200

Houston, TX 77077(281)-496-0066

Fax: 281-496-0220

Sealed bids in triplicate, one (1) original and two (2) copies, shall be delivered to the City of Sugar Land, Offi ce of the City Secretary, 2700 Town Center Boulevard North, Suite 122, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479, on or before 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 17, 2012, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids received after the opening date and time will not be considered.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting for all interested parties will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Public Works Conference Room, 111 Gillingham Lane, Sugar Land, TX 77478.

The City Council will award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder that complies with all requirements of the Request for Bids. The City of Sugar Land will give notice of the contract award within sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date and time.

The City reserves the right to revise or amend the specifi cations prior to the date set for opening of bids. Such revisions or amendments, if any, will be announced by addenda or addendum to the specifi cations. Copies of such addenda so issued will be furnished to all prospective bidders and may or may not aff ect the bid opening date. The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities in bids received.

Glenda Gundermann, TRMC, CMC, AAECity Secretary

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

SPECIAL EXCEPTION2403 WILLIAMS GRANT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE STREET SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT, 2403 WILLIAMS GRANT, LOT 22, BLOCK 2, COLONY GRANT SECTION ONE (RECORDED IN BOOK 27, PAGE 12, F.B.C.P.R.), IN THE STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) DISTRICT

PURPOSE: ONE (1) PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD AT WHICH ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

WHERE: SUGAR LAND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH

WHEN: ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 5:00 P.M., MAY 16, 2012

DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE, TELEPHONE (281) 275-2218 OR EMAIL [email protected]. THE PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED IN CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.

Vicinity Map:


SPECIAL EXCEPTION4915 KENESHAW STREET

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE REAR YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT, 4915 KENESHAW STREET, LOT 25, BLOCK 3, SUTTON FOREST SECTION TWO (RECORDED IN BOOK 2511, PAGE 839, F.B.C.P.R.), IN THE RESTRICTED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDNTIAL (R-1R) DISTRICT




DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE, TELEPHONE (281) 275-2218 OR EMAIL [email protected]. THE PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED IN CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.

Vicinity Map:


SPECIAL EXCEPTION61 QUEEN MARY COURT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE REAR YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT, 61 QUEEN MARY COURT, LOT 18, BLOCK 8, SWEETWATER SECTION ONE (RECORDED IN BOOK 28, PAGE 15, F.B.C.P.R.), IN THE RESTRICTED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1R) DISTRICT




DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND PLANNING OFFICE, TELEPHONE (281) 275-2218 OR EMAIL [email protected]. THE PLANNING OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 O’CLOCK A.M. TO 5:00 O’CLOCK P.M., AND IS LOCATED IN CITY HALL, 2700 TOWN CENTER BOULEVARD NORTH, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS. PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WISH TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO GO OVER ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN PERSON.Vicinity Map:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON REALIGNING COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICTS

According to the 2010 Census data, the City’s councilmember districts are not of suffi ciently equal population and must be redrawn in order to comply with the “one-person, one-vote” principle established by the U.S. Constitution.

The Missouri City City Council is considering new boundaries for its councilmember districts and wants to hear from you. Tell us what you think about the preliminary councilmember district plan at the public hearing described below:

PUBLIC HEARING ONREDISTRICTING PROPOSALS

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Date: May 7, 2012

Address: Council Chambers, 1522 Texas Parkway Missouri City, Texas 77489

The preliminary plan for the councilmember districts will be available at the hearing and is available for public inspection during normal business hours at 1522 Texas Parkway, Monday through Friday from now until the date of the public hearing. Preliminary plans and other information concerning making comments about the City’s redistricting process are available on the City’s website at http://www.missouricitytx.gov. You may also call Caroline Kelley, City Attorney, at 281/403-8500 if you have any questions.

City of Missouri City

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA REFERENTE A REALINEACIÓN LOS DISTRITOS DE LOS MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO

Conforme la información emitida por el Censo del 2010, los distritos de los miembros del Consejo de la Ciudad no son sufi cientemente equitativos en cuanto a su población, por lo cual deberán ser nuevamente confi gurados de acuerdo al principio “una persona – un voto”, establecido por la Constitución de los Estados Unidos.

El Consejo de la Ciudad de Missouri City está considerando nuevos límites para los distritos de los miembros del Consejo y desea escuchar su opinión. Díganos que piensa sobre el plan preliminar para el distrito de los miembros del Consejo durante la audiencia pública descrita a continuación:

AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA REFERENTEA LAS PROPUESTAS DE REDISTRIBUCIÓN

Hora: 5:30 p.m.

Fecha: El 7 de mayo del 2012

Dirección: Council Chambers 1522 Texas Parkway

Missouri City, Texas 77489

El plan preliminar para los distritos de los miembros del Consejo estará disponible durante la audiencia para ser inspeccionado por el público, y también durante horas hábiles de 8:00 a.m. hasta las 5:00 p.m., de Lunes a Viernes a partir de hoy hasta la fecha de la audiencia pública. Los planes preliminares y toda información referente a la manera de presentar comentarios tocante al proceso de redistribución de la Ciudad están disponibles en el sitio web de la Ciudad en http://www.missouricitytx.gov. De igual forma, si tiene alguna pregunta, puede llamar a Caroline Kelley, Abogada de la cuidida, a 281/403-8500.

CIUDAD DE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS

THÔNG BÁO ĐIỀU TRẦN TRONG CỘNG ĐỒNGVIỆC SẮP XẾP LẠI HỘI ĐỒNG NGHỊ VIÊN CÁC QUẬN

Theo dữ liệu điều tra dân số năm 2010, hội đồng các quận của thành phố nếu không hội đủ dân số đã phân định và phải vẽ lại hầu có thể thực hiện theo cơ chế “một người, một lá phiếu bầu” nguyên tắc đã được qui định bởi Hiến pháp Hoa Kỳ.

Hội đồng thành phố Missouri City đang duyệt xét lại ranh giới mới cho Ủy Viên Hội Đồng các quận và muốn được nghe ý kiến của quí vị. Xin vui lòng cho chúng tôi biết những suy nghĩ của quí vị về kế hoạch sơ bộ của hội đồng nghị viên các quận trong buổi điều trần trong cộng đồng được mô tả dưới đây:

BUỔI ĐIỀU TRẦN TRONG CỘNG ĐỒNGKIẾN NGHỊ TÁI PHÂN ĐỊNH CÁC QUẬN

Vào lúc: 5:30 chiều

Ngày: 7 tháng Năm, 2012

Tại địa chỉ: Council Chambers 1522 Texas Parkway

Missouri City, Texas 77489

Kế hoạch sơ bộ cho hội đồng nghị viên các quậm sẽ có sẵn tại phiên điều trần và nơi kiểm tra cộng đồng trong giờ làm việc bình thường tại 8:00 sáng đến 5:00 chiều từ Thứ Hai đến Thứ Sáu bắt đầu kể từ hôm nay cho đến ngày điều trần cộng đồng.

Kế hoạch sơ bộ và các thông tin có liên quan đến ý kiến về quá trình tái phân định của Thành phố hiện có sẵn trên trang web của thành phố http://www.missouricitytx.gov. Mọi thắc mắc, xin quí vị có thể liên lạc Caroline Kelley, thành phố dating, at 281/403-8500, nếu cần.

THÀNH PHỐ MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS

LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following:

IFB# 211-12 PLUMBING SERVICES

Scope: The City of Missouri City is accepting bids from vendors to enter into a term contract to supply all labor and material for plumbing services for the various City facilities. The bid shall include any delivery, fuel surcharge or other miscellaneous charges. The City intends to award a contract to one vendor.

Bids will be accepted until 2 PM local time May 21, 2012 and then opened.

The bid packages may be obtained beginning May 2nd from Purchasing Offi ce at (281) 403-8626 or by email to [email protected]

Bids must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the IFB name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Bids must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Offi ce, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Bids marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Bids are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.

Charles Oberrender, CPPBPurchasing ManagerCity of Missouri City, Texas

Cause No. 11-CCV-046701

FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2

VS

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JOHN NANEZ, DECEASED, ET UX, ET AL.

BRIEF ON CITATION BY PUBLICATIONIn the name and by the authority of the State of TexasNotice is hereby given to the following Defendants:TO: The Unknown Heirs of John Nanez and Martina Catillo Nanez You are commanded to appear before the Special Commissioners appointed by the Judge of the Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2, on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 9: 30 a.m. at the George Memorial Library, 1001 Golfview Rd., Richmond, Texas 77469, who shall then and there assess the value of the property belonging to Defendants which is sought to be condemned by Plaintiff , in Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 vs. Unknown Heirs of John Nanez, Deceased, et ux., et al.; Cause No. 11-CCV-046701, wherein Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 is the Plaintiff , and the Unknown Heirs of John Nanez, Deceased, the Unknown Heirs of Martina Castillo Nanez, Deceased, Johh Nanez, Israel Nanez, Sisto Nanez, Eloie Nanez, Esperanza Nanez Smith a/k/a Hope Nanez Smith, Angelo Nanez, Henry Garcia, Rose Nanez, Juanita Nanez, Sam Nanez a/k/a Samuel Nanez, Paul Nanez, Olga Nanez a/k/a Olga Nanez Granados, George Nanez a/k/a Gegorio Nanez, Rosa Maria Rojas as Independent Executrix of the Estate of Mary R. Nanez, Deceased, Rosario Nanez a/k/a Rosario H. Leijna, Linda Nanez a/k/a Lynda Nanez Ford a/k/a Lynda Ogando, and Fort Bend County Tax Assessor-Collector are Defendants. Plaintiff ’s First Amended Statement and Petition for Condemnation, fi led on April 2, 2012, discloses that the nature of the suit is a condemnation case. Plaintiff seeks to acquire fee simple title to real property situated in Fort Bend County, Texas in the William Neal Survey, Abstract 64 in Fort Bend County, Texas, more particularly described in the Warranty Deed attached Exhibit A to Plaintiff ’s First Amended Statement and Petition for Condemnation.Attorneys for Plaintiff are Joyce, McFarland+McFarland LLP, Elly D. Austin, 712 Main Street, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77002.Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court in the City of Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, on this 12th day of April 2012.

Hon. Dianne Wilson, Clerk of Fort Bend County, Texas

301 Jackson Street, Suite 101Richmond, Texas 77469-3108

Deputy Debbie Davenport

COUNTY COURT AT LAW

NUMBER TWO (2) OF

FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS

• INDEPENDENT • May 2, 2012

LEGAL NOTICEThe City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing an Invitation for Bids for the following:

IFB# 120-12 POLICE AND FIRE UNIFORMS

Scope: The City of Missouri City is accepting bids from vendors to enter into a term contract to supply uniforms for police offi cers and fi refi ghters for the City of Missouri City. The bid shall include any delivery, fuel surcharge or other miscellaneous charges. The City may to award contracts to more than one vendor.

Bids will be accepted until 2 PM local time May 21, 2012 and then opened.

The bid packages may be obtained beginning May 2nd from Purchasing Offi ce at (281) 403-8626 or by email to [email protected]

Bids must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the IFB name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Bids must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Offi ce, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Bids marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Bids are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.


LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Missouri City, Texas is now issuing a Request for Proposals for the following:

RFP #212-12 JANITORIAL SERVICES

for SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

The City of Missouri City requests proposals from interested parties for furnishing the janitorial services for the new Missouri City Surface Water Treatment Plant in the City of Missouri City. Proposals must comply with all requirements of the Request for Proposal package issued by the City.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10 AM, Monday, May 14, 2012 at Fire Station #4 in Missouri City. Once the pre-bid meeting begins, the City may choose to not allow any additional participants and exclude them from the bid process.

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time May 21, 2012 and then opened.

The RFP packages may be obtained beginning May 2nd by requesting the document name and number listed above by contacting the City Purchasing Offi ce at 1522 Texas Parkway by phone at (281) 403-8626 or email at [email protected]

Proposals must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the RFP name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Proposals must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Offi ce, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Proposal packages marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Proposals are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.


LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Missouri City, Texas and the Missouri City Recreation and Leisure Corporation are now issuing a Request for Proposals for the following:

RFP #209-12 JANITORIAL SERVICES

for CITY CENTRE AT QUAIL VALLEY

TENNIS AND RECREATION CENTER

The City of Missouri City and the Missouri City Recreation and Leisure Corporation requests proposals from interested parties for the furnishing of the janitorial services for several new facilities in the City of Missouri City. Proposals must comply with all requirements of the Request for Proposal package issued by the City.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 1:30 PM, Monday, May 14, 2012 at the Quail Valley Golf Course Pro Shop, 2880 La Quinta Boulevard, in Missouri City. Once the pre-bid meeting begins, the City may choose to not allow any additional participants and exclude them from the bid process.

Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. local time May 21, 2012 and then opened.

The RFP packages may be obtained beginning May 2nd by requesting the document name and number listed above by contacting the City Purchasing Offi ce at 1522 Texas Parkway by phone at (281) 403-8626 or email at [email protected]

A mandatory pre-bid conference will held at Proposals must be sealed, marked on the outside of the delivery envelope with the RFP name and number as listed above, and the date of opening. Proposals must be delivered to the attention of the Sealed Bid Box, City of Missouri City Purchasing Offi ce, 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City, Texas, 77489, prior to the acceptance deadline. Proposal packages marked improperly and therefore misdirected may be disqualifi ed. Proposals are opened in public in the City Hall Council Chambers.Charles Oberrender, CPPBPurchasing ManagerCity of Missouri City, Texas

Qualifi ed companies are invited to submit proposals to Staff ord Municipal School District for General Moving Services RFP# 2012-0020, at the Staff ord MSD maintenance building conference room in Staff ord, Texas before 2:00 p.m. local standard time on the 3rd day of May, 2012. Bid document can be found on the District’s website.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEThe Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County, Texas has set a public hearing on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. for ac-ceptance of the traffi c control plan regard-ing Williams Way Boulevard (Mobility Bond Project #747 Phase I) from Hutchinson El-ementary to Pilgrim, Precinct 1.

The hearing will be held in the Commission-ers Courtroom, 309 South Fourth St., Suite 700, William B. Travis Bldg., Richmond, Texas. You are invited to attend and state your ap-proval or objection on this matter.

Submitted by,Dianne WilsonFort Bend County Clerk

LEGAL NOTICEREQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS OF

QUALIFICATIONSSealed Qualifi cation Statements will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 AT 1:30 P.M. (CST). All submissions will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 and the names of the fi rms made public. Submissions received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. This project is partially funded through the Energy Effi ciency and Conservation Block Grant, City of Houston HUD CDBG funds and County Funds. This is a LEED project. CDs are available in the Purchasing Agent’s Offi ce. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us. Q12-048 – CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-AT-RISK FOR SENIOR CENTERA pre-SOQ conference will be conducted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM (CST). The pre-SOQ conference will be held at Fort Bend County Purchasing Offi ce located in the Travis Annex at 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX. All vendors are encouraged to attend. Payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. Bonds are requiredFort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all qualifi cation statements received. Signed: Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR SEALED

COMPETITIVE PROPOSALSSealed Competitive Proposals will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. CST). All proposals will then be opened in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 and the names of the proposers made public. Proposals received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. CDs are available in the Purchasing Agent’s Offi ce. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us. RFP 12-049 – BIG CREEK BYPASS DROP STRUCTURE REPAIRSA MANDATORY Pre-proposal Conference will be conducted on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 9:00 AM CST at the Fort Bend County Purchasing Department, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX. A MANDATORY site visit will immediately follow the MANDATORY Pre-proposal Conference. The site visit is the only opportunity to visit the job site. Proposals will not be accepted from Respondents who do not attend the Pre-proposal Conference and site visit. It is the Respondent’s responsibility to sign in at the Pre-proposal Conference and site visit to verify their participation.Lump sum and Unit pricing is required. Successful vendor is required to provide bonds. Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

By BARBARA FULENWIDERThe Prius c is a fi ve-door

hatchback that has the high-est city fuel economy of any vehicle without a plug.

The letter c represents “city” in the name because it was designed to function as an urban-friendly vehicle with an engaging driving ex-perience, hatchback utility and a city fuel economy rat-ing of 53 mpg.

The all-new Prius c joins the Prius family, which in-cludes the third generation Prius Liftback, the new Prius v and the Prius Plug-in Hy-brid.

Beginning with the fi rst generation 14 years ago, more than two million Prius units have been sold worldwide. The wide array of available convenience and advanced in-car electronics include a standard 3.5-inch full color multi-information display, hands-free phone capability, USB port with iPod® connec-tivity and available display audio system with navigation and Entune™

The scale of the all-new Prius c becomes apparent when compared to the famil-iar proportions of the midsize Prius Liftback. The Prius c is smaller and lighter with 19.1 inches fewer in length and 542 fewer pounds of weight.

The Prius c comes in four trim levels with such standard features as automatic climate control, tilt-telescopic steer-ing wheel with audio, climate, multi-information display and Bluetooth® hands-free controls and remote keyless entry.

The Prius c’s gasoline en-gine, transaxle and power-control unit are placed in the vehicle to enhance weight distribution and lower the center of gravity.

By locating the battery and fuel tank below the rear seat, the Prius c offers 104 cubic

feet of interior volume -- 87.4 cubic feet passenger volume, 17.1 cubic feet cargo volume.

The Prius c’s Hybrid Syn-ergy Drive system integrates the operation of components that include a gasoline en-gine, an electric motor within a continuously variable trans-axle, a nickel-metal hydride battery, a power control unit (inverter), a DC-DC convert-er, a step-up converter and a hybrid control computer. The hybrid control computer governs the seamless applica-tion of gasoline engine and electric power depending on driving demands and selected drive mode.

The Prius c relies on a 1.5-liter in-line, four-cylinder gasoline. This engine makes 73 horsepower and 82 lb.-ft. of torque, contributing to a total hybrid system output of 99 hp.

The torsional rigidity in the Prius c body structure allows the suspension to be more optimally tuned for ride and handling. The front suspen-sion uses a Macpherson strut design, and the rear rides on a tuned torsion beam. The Prius c is available with 15- or 16-inch wheel-and-tire combina-tions.

The 2012 Prius c offers three audio system confi gura-tions with the base audio sys-tem offering either four or six speakers and includes AM/FM CD player with MP3/WMA playback capability, auxiliary audio jack, USB port with iPod® connectivity, hands-free phone capability, phone book access and mu-sic streaming via Bluetooth® wireless technology.

The Display Audio with Navigation and Entune™ has six speakers and augments capability with a 6.1-inch touchscreen, SiriusXM™ Satellite Radio capability, HD Radio™ with iTunes® tag-ging and advanced voice rec-

ognition. Toyota’s Entune™ multi-media system functions through select smart phone interface.

The new 2012 Prius c comes standard with vehicle stability control, traction con-trol, anti-lock brake system, electronic brake force distri-bution, brake assist and smart stop technology.

The Prius c retails for $21,635. With the optional power tilt/slide moonroof and sliding sunshade the price in-creased by $850.

The Prius c is a most com-fortable, quiet, sporty looking yet utilitarian vehicle. The back seats fold down for more cargo space or can stay in place to transport more pas-sengers. I like its looks and the miles it delivers per gallon are beautiful.

AUTOMOBILE: Prius c

It was a beautiful sunny Saturday morning yet I was feeling blue; you know the story – life was not as cool as I thought it should be, so instead of turning to food or alcohol, I go to the mov-ies. Escape is good. Love is good. Popcorn is good. Life is better.

And that, my friends, makes me “The Lucky One” because this fl ick is all about love and feel-good stuff.

The “Syrupy Factor” alone was at least a 10 on a scale of 10 and I didn’t mind that I could smell the saccharinity fl owing from the screen.

The honeyed story is for-mulaic: a Marine serves three tours of duty in Iraq and thinks a photo of an unidenti-fi ed beautiful young girl that he fi nds on the battlefi eld is his good luck charm.

When our Marine gets home alive, he travels from Colorado to Southern Loui-siana to fi nd his good luck charm. How did Logan make the trip from Colorado? He walked. With his well-trained German Shepherd.

And when he fi nds the tall, slender, blonde Louisiana girl with a beautiful smile and a cotton-headed eight year old son, he can’t muster the cour-age to tell her the reason for showing up on her door step so he applies for a job at the family’s kennel cleaning dog

poop and training dogs. I’m not making this stuff

up; that was done by screen-writer Will Fetters who must have had to take insulin shots during the writing process.

And by the way, the Marine looked just like cute, little Zac “High School Musical”

Efron who had a perpetual 5-7 day beard; it was amaz-ing. And the Louisiana lass was played by Taylor Schil-ling who reminded me of Jenny (Robin Wright) from “Forrest Gump.” They were so dreamy together that I thought Director Scott Hicks

was teasing us by making us invest in several scenes of character development before their fi rst kiss. It was a love fest.

Now here is the really amazing part; I bought into the entire spiel and enjoyed the whole movie. Heck, I actu-ally liked the antagonist even though he spit in Zac Efron’s face reminiscent of Bob Ewell spitting in Atticus’ face which I resented, but I granted them limited poetic license.

The editing and script were balanced and did not step over the hokey line; okay, occa-sionally things got so sugary that I thought the audience might go into a group diabetic shock but we somehow sur-vived. Well done, Director Hicks.

Zac Efron is the huge win-ner. He made those dreamy eyes and P90X body glide along as though he was an authentic actor and not just a singer for a made-for-TV movie.

Zac has arrived and will compete for his generation’s Cary Grant Award. Rock ‘n Roll.Grade 87. Larry H. [email protected]

FILM REVIEW: The Lucky One

LEGAL NOTICEINVITATION TO BIDDERS

Sealed Bids will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469 for the following until THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. (CST). All bids will then be publicly opened and read in the Offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, TX 77469. Bids received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. Solicitation is available on the Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website.BID 12-052 – WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIVANUnit pricing is required; payment will be by check after products/services are rendered. No bonds are required.Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

LEGAL NOTICESEALED BID SALE OF SALVAGE

PROPERTYFORT BEND COUNTY

Sealed bids will be received in the Offi ce of Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., County Purchasing Agent, Fort Bend County, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond, Texas 77469 for the sale of salvage property as described herein until THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 at 1:30 PM (CST). All bids will be publicly opened and read in the Offi ce of the County Purchasing Agent, Travis Annex, 301 Jackson, Suite 201, Richmond Texas. Bids received after the specifi ed time will be returned unopened. Solicitation is available on the Purchasing Agent’s website located at www.co.fort-bend.tx.us. All addendums will be posted on Purchasing Agent’s website.Bid 12-053 - Sale of two (2) 12H Cat Motor Graders: 2006 models. Minimum bids apply. Equipment is off ered as is, where is.Successful bidder will be responsible for the removal of the equipment from County property within 3 calendar days after acceptance of bid. Successful bidder assumes all liability associated with removal. For electronic pictures or to schedule a time to view contact Debbie Kaminski, Assistant Purchasing Agent, [email protected]. Fort Bend County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Signed:Gilbert D. Jalomo, Jr., Purchasing AgentFort Bend County, Richmond, Texas

Sugar Land Animal Services will participate in a month-long Pet Adoptathon during May to help save tens of thou-sands of orphaned animals throughout the world.

North Shore Animal League, the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, has sponsored the global adoption event for 18 years.

Sugar Land plans to begin the month with an adoption event at PetSmart, 16758 Southwest Freeway, during the weekend of May 4-6.

Sugar Land Animal Services set a new record with 376 pet adoptions in 2011, an increase of more than 50 from 2010. Total pet adoptions have steadily increased since 2009.

Animal Shelter Coordinator Shay Faulkner says, “If you are in the market for a new pet, we hope you will stop by the shelter,” said Faulkner. “We have lots of great animals avail-able for adoption.”

Pet Adoptathon


Community news

Republican PrimaryMay 29, 2012.

Early vote May 14.

Isha Foundation volunteers are eagerly spreading the word about modern mystic, yogi and humanitarian Sadh-guru Jaggi Vasudev’s visit to conduct “Inner Engineering” May 4-6 at George R Brown Convention Center in Hous-ton.

Sadhguru’s programs have drawn crowds of hundreds of thousands at a time in vil-lages and cities across India, but Houston will have the fi rst truly large-scale Inner Engineering in the US - an opportunity not just for indi-vidual transformation, but the transformation and growth of a whole community.

Leading up to Sadhguru’s visit,volunteers have offered over 250 free meditation ses-sions across the city that have been generously supported by the community. Curtain-raising events have been well-attended and well-received at India House, and Universalist Church - as well as the free meditation events at local fes-tivals, universities, corporate offi ces, senior living centers and medical centers.

Attendees of these events gained a deeper understanding of the purpose and potential of bringing meditation and yoga into their lives, and are look-ing forward to learning a pow-erful yoga technique directly from Sadhguru in May.

Many were especially in-trigued by sharings from past participants of the Inner En-gineering program, describ-ing signifi cant health benefi ts, relief from stress and fatigue, and overall sense of peace and inner wellbeing.

Katy resident Nag Valluri explains, “I did the fi rst Isha program called Inner Engi-neering back in 2008. Since then my perspective about life, interaction with other hu-

man beings, other beings in the world, and about the na-ture completely changed. My interaction and understanding with my kids and other kids has improved after Inner En-gineering program and my involvement and understand-ing with my family especially with my wife got better. My health improved a lot…. I can say any number of benefi ts like this in my life after the Isha programs and Sadhguru. My wish and hope is that all the human beings in the world can use this opportunity and get the same or more benefi ts in their life.”

Whether drawn by the en-thusiasm of volunteers, the potential health benefi ts, the possibility of experiencing a deeper understanding of life, or even just curiosity, Hous-

ton residents are clearly eager for Sadhguru’s arrival. Local radio personality Sunil Thak-kar summarizes, “Sadhguru’s visit to Houston will be no ordinary event. It will be life changing for the people who attend. I am very excited Sadhguru is coming for us, to help us embark on the ul-timate journey… the search within. I see peace in his eyes and hear wisdom in his voice. He is our modern day mystic and I want everyone in Hous-ton to get together and give him a Texas-sized welcome May 4-6.”

For program info, visit www.BeBreatheBlossom.com or call 832-408-0663. Discounts are available for full-time students, seniors, and groups registering to-gether.

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Inner engineering: An ancient technology for contemporary world

visitors an elegant venue for family and business events.

“Missouri City State of the City: The Movie” also focused on business develop-ment, featuring Ben E. Keith, a renowned food distribution company that is constructing a LEED-certifi ed facility along the Gessner Road Corridor, bringing hundreds of jobs to the City.

Mayor Owen discussed business development prior to the start of the movie, say-ing that $500 million worth of businesses and compa-nies came to Missouri City in 2011, creating hundreds of new jobs. He added that there will be an announcement soon about a $65 million major business establishing roots in the City.

“Economic development is very important for this part of Fort Bend County and I think under the leadership of the Mayor and the City Council, they’ve really opened up a lot of opportunities for business-es to come out here to start a business and expand,” said Gary Pearson, a Government Relations Consultant in Hous-ton who has business ties in Missouri City.

To continue moving the City forward economically, Mayor Owen explained to guests that improving the in-frastructure will require citi-zens to consider a bond ref-erendum next year to pay for projects citywide.

Missouri City’s fi scal sta-bility, public safety partner-ships, citizen collaborations and dynamic diversity were all highlighted on the big screen and drew applause from supporters and guests. Many guests complimented the City and the Chamber on the success of the event and refl ected on the area’s strong growth and development:

Moving forward, City Council’s focus will continue to be business gains, the di-versifi cation of the tax base and an increase in jobs for residents.

Next year, Mayor Owen said he looks forward to wel-coming guests to his State of the City address at City Cen-tre in Quail Valley.

To view the 2012 State of the City movie in its entirety, click on www.missouricitytx.gov or watch it on Missouri City Television (Ch. 16 on Comcast and Ch. 99 on AT&T U-verse).

The style and substance of the show drew accolades from the audience.

“I thought it was unique and fun…interesting and in-formative. Usually they’re banquet-style; so, obviously the setting was different. I en-joyed myself.” —Doug Earle, Executive Di-rector of First Colony Com-

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The Suburban Sugar Land Women has awarded fi ve Scholarships for 2012. Recipients - left to right: Shelby Thomas, Chelsea Reed, Jessica Milton, Alexa Pete, and Tiffany Reed; Com-mittee members left to right:Elise Leaks Harmon, Mable Scott Austin, and Diane Perkins.

The Forty Holy Martyrs Orthodox Christian Church, located at 340 Eldridge Road in Sugar Land, invites the community to become acquainted with ancient Christian faith.

The church will be hosting an open house on Saturday, May 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Christian iconography will be on display, Byzantine chanting will be played, tours of the Church will be given, and Mediterranean snacks will be pro-vided throughout the day.

Father Gabriel Karam, parish priest, says: “with a historythat dates back to the time of Pentecost, our biblical apos-

tolic faith has two thousand years of rich history. We look for-ward to sharing our faith with the community at our fi rst open house.”

For more information, contact Joel Williams at 281-682-8232, or [email protected]

The Forty Holy Martyrs Orthodox Christian Church is part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, the American branch of the ancient Church of An-tioch where “the disciples were for the fi rst time called Chris-tians” (Acts 11:26). The church holds weekly worship servic-es, including: evening prayer services (Vespers) on Saturdays at 5 p.m., morning prayers (Matins) on Sundays at 8:45 a.m., and the Divine Liturgy is celebrated at 10 a.m. on Sundays. A Divine Liturgy in Arabic is also offered on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

munity Association“It was very unique and enter-taining. As Mayor Owen said, it wasn’t a bunch of graphs. It gave me ideas on how to do mine. I have to fi gure out how to top it.” —Vincent Morales Jr., Mayor of Rosenberg“It was intriguing and it was something that I think the staff should be commended for being able to put together. Creativity is the key.”

—Derrick M. Mitchell, Part-ner, Bracewell & Giuliani“I loved the format; it was dif-ferent but fun. It seemed like more of a fun, happy hour event; it was casual, excit-ing, and I paid more attention to the overall details because it wasn’t just pie charts and graphs. This was much bet-ter.” —Bill Odle, Principal Board of Directors for TBG

Forty Holy Martyrs Christian Church holds open house

Loving Friends will be en-tertained at its dinner meet-ing in May by The Ziggy Band, who will play hits from the 50’s. Loving Friends is a social group that meets once a month for dinner, en-tertainment and fellowship. Loving Friends will meet on Tuesday, May 15, at the Sweetwater Country Club, beginning at 5 p.m. Call 281-438-5224 for reservations.


Community news

Mark your calendars to cel-ebrate the Literacy Council’s 25th Anniversary at the 22nd Annual “Wine & Music!” This year’s event, “A Silver Celebration” will be held Fri-day, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Stafford Centre.

To celebrate 25 years of ex-cellence in Fort Bend County, join the Honorary Chairs for this year’s event, Lucia and Larry Street, for a night of fabulous food, fi ne wine, live music and a live and silent auction.

Guests will have the op-portunity to sample food and wine from local vendors while listening to live music from Fort Bend’s favorite lo-cal musicians, such as Joey Boesch on the piano.

Local restaurants and wine distributors will be serving tasty delicacies.

In addition, the live and si-lent auction will be fi lled with unique and valuable packages. Organizers will be offering 100 for $100 Raffl e for a chance to win the live auction package of your choice.

Some of the live auction items include a trip to Wash-ington DC with admission to various exhibits, a reserved parking spot at First Colony Mall for a year, autographed sports memorabilia and the opportunity to throw out the fi rst pitch at a Skeeters base-ball game. The winner will be chosen at the event, but you do not need to be present to win.

Also at the event, six new Literacy Stars will be hon-ored. These Literacy Stars have made a signifi cant contribution to the Literacy Council through their time,

talents, service and dedication to the organization.

The six Literacy Stars that will be honored are: Jane Lawrence, Sam Needham, Steve Onstad, James Patter-son, Lizz Sansone and Robert Wolter.

“We are thrilled to be hon-oring these individuals at our 25th Anniversary Celebra-tion,” said Brenda Bowman, Executive Director, Literacy Council of Fort Bend County. “All of these individuals have given so much to the Literacy Council, and this is a small, but heartfelt display of our gratitude to them.”

Tickets for the event are $75 per person, and they can be purchased by contacting the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County at 281-240-8181 or online at www.ft-bendliteracy.org.

Members of the Wine & Music Committee: Heather Reichert, Dian Matta, Lauren Dante, Brenda Bowman, Mario Degollado, Jennifer Belt and Kristi Bajjali .

Literacy Council of Fort Bend County presents Wine & Music 2012

Help the Fort Bend Boys Choir commemo-rate 30 years of musical excellence … attend their Spring Concert celebration!

This milestone anniversary concert will be held on Satur-day, May 12th, 7:00 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church in Houston, just off the beltway.

Tickets are only $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.

All four choirs – Train-ing, Town, Tour and Can-tabilé (alumni choir of

changed voices) – will be showcased as they celebrate this year’s theme “Thirty years of musical excel-lence … only boys aloud.”

Special guests include Music Magic, the organiza-tion’s music class for 6 and 7 year olds and a select group of talented choir dads who are singing with Cantabilé. Come and see the greatest talents in Fort Bend County!

Find out more about the Fort Bend Boys Choir and how they make a difference

in the lives of boys by visiting their website at www.fbbctx.org or their fan page on Face-book. The Fort Bend Boys Choir also wants you to know that open auditions for their next concert season starting in August are still ongoing.

Boys just need to be 8 years of age or in 3rd grade by Au-gust 2012. Call the choir offi ce at (281) 240-3800 to schedule an audition appointment and to inquire about purchas-ing Spring Concert tickets.

30th anniversary Spring Concert celebration with the Fort Bend Boys Choir

CITATION BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF TEXAS

UNKNOWN FATHER and to all whom it may concern, Respondent(s), You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do (does) not fi le a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. Thepetition of SCOTT ADAM BALIN; DONNA LEAH BALIN, Petitioner, was fi led in the 328TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of Fort Bend County, Texas ON THIS THE 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2012 against UNKNOWN FATHER, Respondent(s), numbered 12-DCV-197626, and entitled IN THE INTEREST OF HUDSON GAGE BALIN, A CHILD.The suit request TERMINATION AND ADOPTION OF CHILD as is more fully shown by Petition on fi le in this suit.The date of birth of the child(ren) who is/are the subject of the suit:OCTOBER 18, 2011The Court has authority in this suit to render an order in the child(ren)’s interest which will be binding on you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination of paternity and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the child(ren)’s adoption.Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Richmond, Texas, on this the 26th day of April, 2012.ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER OR RESPONDENT:CAROLYN COOK ROBERTSONATTORNEY AT LAW5225 KATY FWY #460HOUSTON TX 77007713-715-5060

DISTRICT CLERK ANNIE REBECCA ELLIOTTFort Bend County, Texas

Deputy District Clerk Amanda MoralesTelephone: (281) 238-3282

NOTICE TO CREDITORSCAUSE NO. 12-CPR-024460

On the 16th day of April, 2012, Letters Testamentary upon the Estate of ERVIN L. VALLET, Deceased were issued to Vallet, Independent Executor by the Probate Court #3 of Fort Bend County, Texas, in cause number 12CPR-024460 pending upon the docket of said Court.

All persons having claims against said Estate are hereby required to present them within the time prescribed by law at the address shown below. The name where claims may be sent is G. Crist Burger, whose address is 6363 Woodway, Suite 725 Houston, Texas 77057, Telephone: (713) 783-4120, Fax: (713) 783-8812 TX Bar Number: 03378625.

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Troop 731 has announced that Brian Alexander Van Kleeck has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

Kleeck was recognized in a special Eagle Court of Honor ceremony held Sun-day, April 15, 2012 at The First Colony Conference Center.

Brian, son of David and Marilyn Van Kleeck of

BSA Troop 731 recognizes Brian Alexander Van Kleeck as its newest Eagle Scout

Sugar Land, started Scouting as a Cub Scout in 2000. He progressed through the Cub Scout ranks, and joined BSA Troop 731 in 2005.

He advanced through the ranks completing 43 merit badges, serving the commu-nity with numerous service hours, and serving in a num-ber of leadership positions in the troop, as Patrol Leader two times, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, Troop Guide, and Instructor three times.

Special awards included 100 Nights Camping, Kayak BSA, World Conservation Award, and 50-Miler Award (Hiking).

He participated in long-

term camping experiences at Lost Pines Scout Ranch near Bastrop, Camp Dan-iel Boone in North Carolina, Camp Ben Delatour and the Rocky Mountain High Adven-ture Base in Colorado, Camp Frank Rand in New Mexico, Camp Strake near Houston, Texas, as well as a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, and the 100th Anni-versary National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.

To reach the rank of Eagle, a scout has to fi rst earn all of the lower ranks, accumulate at least 21 merit badges, includ-ing 12 required badges, and plan, develop, and give lead-ership to a service project for

a non-BSA organization. Brian’s Eagle project was

designing, coordinating, building, and installing a li-brary for the Gateway Acad-emy, including bookshelves and a computer work station.

In addition to his Eagle Rank pin and neckerchief, Scott was presented with a plaque from the Exchange Club of Sugar Land and a spe-cial collectible Norman Rock-well Knife from Troop 731.

Brian continues the tradi-tion of excellence from Troop 731, as he is the 64th scout to earn the rank of Eagle Scout in the troop since its inception in 1991.

Troop 731 is affi liated with the Sam Houston Area Coun-cil (Houston, Texas), the larg-est BSA Council in the Unit-ed States, and chartered by the Exchange Club of Sugar Land. The Troop meets on Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. at Highlands Elementary School in Sugar Land.

The stated mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

The vision of the Boy Scouts of America is to pre-pare every eligible youth in America to become a respon-sible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.

Second Mile Mission Cen-ter last week broke ground on a new facility that will be custom built by development owners Thomas and Sarah

Groundbreaking ceremony (L-R): Board Chairman Steve Manz, Development Owner Thom-as Abraham, Missouri City Council Member Danny Nguyen, Missouri City Council Mem-ber Bobby Marshall, Missouri City Council Member Jerry Wyatt, Executive Director Sarah White, Board Member Mike Richards, Volunteer Roger McWaters.

Second Mile Mission Center breaks ground on new Missouri City Facility

Abraham and leased by the nonprofi t in a 15-year rental agreement.

Located at 1135 Highway 90 near the old Tang City Mall development, the new building will kick off the de-velopment of a 26-acre tract.

“This move will allow us to retain our current capacity to serve our Fort Bend County neighbors with food, cloth-ing, health care and other critical needs, and also to plan for future expansion of those services as needs arise,” said Steve Manz, board chairman at Second Mile.

The organization searched extensively for a new lease with a desire to establish a long-term facilities plan and to make arrangements as the lease at the current facility is set to end. The move allows for Second Mile’s rent to be the same the fi rst two years and free for the fi rst three months.

“Thomas and Sarah Abra-ham had long been familiar with Second Mile and its min-istry, and were extremely sup-portive in structuring a lease that would meet the needs of the ministry over the next 15

years,” said Jim Pratt of Col-liers International, who rep-resented Second Mile in the negotiation of the lease.

With assistance from WHR Architects and Marlin Com-mercial Contractors in de-signing and constructing the building, Second Mile will move from its current location at 504 FM 1092 into the new facility by year’s end.

“We are so pleased to have a new home where we know Second Mile will continue to serve the neediest members of our community for many years to come,” said Sarah White, Executive Director.

Second Mile Mission Cen-ter is a nonprofi t benevolence organization providing cri-sis care needs for families and individuals in Fort Bend County.

Last year, the Mission served more than 26,000 fam-ilies-in-need with food, cloth-ing, household items, medi-cal and dental care and direct fi nancial assistance. Second Mile is completely funded by donations from individuals, churches and organizations in the community. www.Sec-ondMile.org

Through an initiative called Mobile Second Mile, Second Mile Mission Center aims to take its services to Fort Bend County’s outlying areas to reach impoverished families lacking access to food services and transportation. A recent study by The George Foundation cited food and transportation as major areas of need in Fort Bend County. “We see a great need to be able to get to our neighbors in lower income areas who often live in food deserts without grocery stores or other sources of food nearby or even reliable vehicles to get to them,” said Tom Urich, Operations Di-rector. Mobile Second Mile will take the form of a 30-foot trailer pulled by a pickup truck. The trailer will include a counseling offi ce, food pantry and space for other supplies as needed.


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If you know a lady or gentleman that has been affected with breast can-cer, they are invited to join in on the monthly pro-grams held at Method-ist Sugar Land Hospital.

Most gatherings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:30 and you may call 281-274-7164 to confi rm dates and times.

This group has been given the name SOS, Survivors Offering Support. Programs are ongoing and are pre-sented by Reconstruction of a Survivor (ROAS), with support from the Susan G Komen Foundation. ROAS, a 501 (c) (3), provides multiple support sessions around the greater Houston area for people diagnosed at any stage of breast cancer.

ROAS is hosting a fun-

draiser and fashion show called “The Beauty in the Journey” at the Gremil-lion & Co. Fine Art Gal-lery in West University, on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Event highlights include cuisine presented by Reef, Ibiza, Armandos and GiGi’s Asian Bistro and Dump-ling Bar, special guests, a silent auction and give-aways. Melissa J. Greggs, designer and owner of Jen-ise Gregg Couture, has cre-ated a line dedicated to the journey of women, from those who have been re-cently diagnosed or have been survivors for years.

The collection has been created with various shades of pink and different tex-tures to show the path that these women have taken. breast cancer in her life-

time. While there is no cure, ROAS is committed to fi ghting the disease through breath health education.

“Our mission is to pro-vide breast health education to women across the greater Houston area and beyond,” said Dr. Jennie Bennett, di-rector and founder of Re-construction of a Survivor.

“We also focused on the homeless because very few breast health organizations provide education & re-source information to them. We are engaging these women at several shelters to understand appropriate breast health and know the services available to them.”

Individual tickets are $100. Sponsorships starts at $500.

Tickets can be purchased on the ROAS website at www.roasurvivor.org. The address to the Gremil-lion & Co. Fine Art Gal-lery is 2501 Sunset Blvd., Houston, TX 77005.

For more information about the event or sponsor-ships, contact Simply El Events at 832-317-4064 or [email protected].

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Fiscal Responsibility• Oppose tax increases

• FBISD has the fourth lowest tax rate in Greater Houston Region at $1.34

• Cut budget, our current budget is $10 million dollars less than the 2009 year budget

• Achieved an increase in our Bond Rating from AA to AA+ (Fitch Rating Services)

• Lowest debt ratio per student in the Greater Houston Region “I am dedicated to continue serving the interests of our students, parents and all taxpayers of Fort Bend ISD. I will continue to be your watchdog when it comes to budgeting issues. I pledge to continue to dedicate our resources to achieve high academic standards.”

“I am asking for your vote. Please remember to vote forRepublican Marilyn Glover for Trustee, Position 6.”

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“Marilyn Glover has served our community in so many capacities with

distinction. I strongly urge you to vote for Marilyn Glover for FBISD

Trustee Pos. 6. She has done a fine job serving our children and fami-

lies as a school board member”.

Jim Shaw, former long time Sugar Creek Resident.

“Marilyn Glover is a thoughtful dedicated public servant who under-

stands the needs of the students, staff and community, and always

acts selflessly to make FBISD, district wide, the superior school

district we all seek to have.”

Norm Mason,

Former Fort Bend Republican Party Chairman

“Marilyn Glover has demonstrated a consistent commitment to

the entire Fort Bend community for over two decades. There are few

organizations in Fort Bend County that have not benefited from her

leadership skills.”

Daniel Wong,

Former Sugar Land City Councilman, At-Large

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Cynthia will continue to work to close the achievement gap in our district

Cynthia will keep our taxes low, and will stand against any tax increase

Cynthia will work to control high administrative cost

Cynthia pledges to keep spending under control. FBISD’s bond rating went from AA to AA+ last year per Fitch rating services

Cynthia will be a strong voice for our children, teachers and community.

You can vote early at any of the following locations: • Fort Bend ISD Administration Bldg. - 16431 Lexington Blvd., Sugar Land • Irene Stern Community Center - 1522 Texas Parkway, Missouri City • Four Corners - 15700 Old Richmond Rd., Sugar Land • First Colony Conference Center - 3232 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land • Hightower High School - 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City • Lost Creek Park - 3703 Lost Creek Blvd., Sugar Land • Meadows Place City Hall - One Troyan Dr., Meadows Place • Missouri City Branch Library - 1530 Texas Parkway, Missouri City • Sugar Land Methodist Church - 431 Eldridge, Sugar Land • Sugar Land City Hall - 2700 Town Center Blvd., Sugar Land • Willowridge High School - 16301 Chimney Rock, Houston Thank you for Supporting Cynthia Lenton-Gary

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Hillary GoldsteinIra GoldsteinMichelle GoodmanJane GoodsillJim GriffingBob HargartherSusan HargartherCraig HenehenDeborah HenehenRose HerbstFrank HesterCameron HillNicole HillJohn HoJeff HoganKaye HudnallKathy HuebnerYolanda HumphreyKim IcenhowerKetan InamdarG. Peter JacobStewart JacobsonPreeti JainParesh Jain Bill JamesonJared JamesonDavid C. JohnstonSuzanne JohnstonCindy JonesLance JonesMary K. JoyceNaushad KermallyKevin KettleJim KijPatrick KingKelly KnakeRocky Saint-Let LaiJack LeLili LeManmeet LikhariPaul LikhariJim Lockwood

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Jevaughn SterlingTanya SterlingCarl StephensRon StevensJo Ann StevensGreg StirmanPeggy StirmanMichael SvatekJeff TallasTodd TauzinSunil ThakkarSandhya ThakkarTodd ThurberJohn TrevathanTravis Van HornDr. John VanderzylDavid VasquezClaudia VasquezTed VolfMichael WallisAndi WallisKaron WeatheredSteven WeatheredAllison WenSallie WheelerCarolyn WilliamsGeorge WillyBonnie YentzenMike YentzenDr. Erica YuCindy Zerwas

Al AbramczykRay AguilarJoe B. AllenVipul AnandJeff AndersonOJ ArmstrongFred ArnoldHarvinder AroraNamita AsthanaManish AsthanaDr. Betty BaitlandKevin BarkerMichelle BarnesPaul BarnettBarry BeardKay BeardMarlena BergerFeroze BhanderaDeepak BhattEugenia BlomstrumLydia BourgChristopher BreauxLillie BreauxDr. Scott BreezeJuliet BreezeMary Gayle BrindleyNozer BuchiaKelly BuettnerSean BurnettJoan CainBrent CarpenterKathy CarpenterDean CarpenterSylvia CarpenterRene' CasanovaMike CaseyAllan CeaseJennifer ChiangSue ChiangGeorge ChangFaisal CharaniaDeepak Chaudhry

Current Elected Officials Congressmen Pete Olson State Representative Ron ReynoldsState Representative John ZerwasSugar Land Council Member Thomas AbrahamSugar Land Council Member Harish Jajoo Sugar Land Council Member Don SmithersMissouri City Mayor Allen OwenMissouri City Council Member Robin ElackattMissouri City Council Member Danny NguyenRosenberg Council Member Bill BentonFBISD Trustee Bruce AlbrightFBISD Trustee Susan HohnbaumFBISD Trustee Jim RiceFort Bend County ConstableTroy NehlsFormer Sugar Land Elected OfficialsThe Honorable Lee Duggan, Jr.The Honorable Dean HrbacekThe Honorable David D. BlomstromThe Honorable Cyril HosleyThe Honorable Harris "Sonny" JohnstonThe Honorable Russell JonesThe Honorable Don OlsonThe Honorable Dennis ParmerThe Honorable Michael SchiffThe Honorable Mike SiwierkaThe Honorable Mary Von TungelnThe Honorable Daniel WongFormer Fort Bend Elected OfficialsThe Honorable Mike RozellThe Honorable Gary FranksThe Honorable Albert GloverThe Honorable Daniel MenendezThe Honorable Lisa RickertThe Honorable Rick Staigle

Richi ChaudhryNell CiancarelliAaron ClarkWilliam Colgin, IVBilly CorbinJim CockrillLisa CollinsJanis CrabtreeRod CraigEd CrowellLydia CrowellKolbe CurticeJill CurtisSandy CurtisRick CushenberryBeverly CushenberryHomi DavierMary Ann DemontTom DemontDr. Nicholas DesaiNina DesaiJoy DowellLee Duggan IIIJamshed ElaviaZarina ElaviaTobin EngletSteve EppsMark EyringDavid FauvelleCindy FauvelleJulio FernandezSheri FontenotRick ForlanoAnthony C. FrancisDarnell L. FullerDr. Deena GandhiDr. Manish GandhiMukund GandhiJohn HoppeJim HudnallLouis GarvinBruce Gingrich

Partial listing at time of publication.

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